Improved dish-washer



PATBNTED JUNE 14, 1870.

G. A. WELLS.

DISH WASHER.

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Letters Patent N 104,235, dated J unc 14, 1870.

IMPROVED DISH-WASHER.

The Schedule referred to in those batten Patent and malslngpax't of the lame.

Be it known that I, GLonY Am Wnnns, of Lu-- zcrne, Warren county, and State of New York, have invented a new and usetill Machine for Washingand Rinsing Dishes; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the machine.

M y invention consists of a vessel, A, in which stands the basket 0, attached to the central vertical shaft B,- as shown. This basket 0 is constructed of wire, and is caused to rcvolveby means of the handle 0.

-The mode of operation is as follows:

The dishes are set into the basket 6 edgewise, in the divisions or compartments marked t', until a suflieie'nt number is pnt in to work with ease. The vessel A is then set on the stove or over a tire, and filled with water to cover the dishes. When the water is hot the basket is caused to revolve, by means of the handle e, which causes the water to pass among the dishes with sntlicicnt; force towash off the dirt, when the water is changed and the same operation performed to rinse the dishes, after which the basket is lifted ontand set one side, with the dishes left; sitting'in to dry.

Thus the dishes are thoroughly and quickly washed,

without the neccssiiy of putting the hands into the dish-water or wiping.

The whole is intended to be covered whille in oper- The combination of the basket 0 and vessel A, constructed, operating, and arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

GLORY ANN WELLS.

Witnesses! Tuos. H. Hn'romus, HENRY Lowe. 

